Posted August 6, 2021
With the new school year rapidly approaching, many parents are rushing to buy school supplies, new clothes, shoes, and books to help prepare and support our children for a great start to the school year. However, with the chaos of 2020-21 school closures, we have all learned that supporting our… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted June 11, 2021
“Work first, then you can play.” It’s an often-repeated phrase around here, and one that is harder than you’d think to follow through on…even as an adult! After all, there are lots of times when I put off work to play…yet I find myself telling the Cowkids ALL THE TIME… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted May 28, 2021
It’s officially Summertime around here. The last day of school was yesterday and trust me when say we were READY. But…I know the next few weeks will not be easy. This is NOT my first rodeo and I am well aware that it’s going to be an adjustment to go… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 12, 2021
Have the hard conversations. It’s awkward. It’s cringe-worthy. It’s terrible and miserable…but have the hard conversations. Because here’s the deal, if your kids don’t hear it from you, they are going to hear it from someone else. And who knows what message they will receive? I’m talking about everything from… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 13, 2020
“I can’t fix this.” I looked over at my 14-year-old son the other day and had to say something that broke my heart. “I can’t fix this, I can’t make this better, and I can’t do this for you.” Several weeks ago he broke his arm, and now has two… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted April 28, 2020
Special times call for special measures. I’m a firm believer in this phrase, and have seen it’s truth come up over and over again in my life. When we have a brand new baby, it’s time to ignore everything but keeping kids alive. Mac N’ Cheese for dinner three nights… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted April 7, 2020
As hard as this quarantine time is on adults, I think it’s safe to say it’s equally hard, if not harder for our Teens and Tweens. Teens and tweens are working hard to grow away from their parents (which while hard is 100% what they are supposed to be doing).… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted March 20, 2020
I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are evil. J.R.R. Tolkien Wow. I mean, really…wow. The last week has been a bit unreal, am I right? I feel like it’s safe to say we are all in uncharted territory right now. Last week The Cowboy and… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted January 7, 2020
The other day I was having some tech issues. I don’t know why, but stuff that like that always makes me beyond pissed. I was spending well over three hours (and actually it turned into two days) working on a project that I had planned on taking an hour or… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Parenting, This and That
Posted October 25, 2019
One of the necessary evils of living rurally is lots of time spent driving back and forth. Add to that, the fact that we now have a house full of five “school-age” children and it’s safe to say that we spend at least an hour a day in the car… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
